Set screensaver timer via Terminal

running El Capitan, latest version

Hello,


To manage remote machines, I'd like to set the screensaver timer to 0 via CLI. I've seen many posts suggesting modifying the com.apple.screensaver.plist entry called "idleTime" but AFAIK, there's no such key in that plist : only infos on the current screensaver, and a "type" key, as you can see here.

I've tried adding this key, but it didn't work.

How can I achieve that ?




Thanks,

AS

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 10.11.6 beta 15G24b

Posted on Jul 11, 2016 12:49 AM

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